HotSpot Notes -- March 31, 1999
NOAA satellite data show Bleaching HotSpots have receded
to cover dramatically less coral reef regions than at this time last
year. Compare the following pairs of images:
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/data/hotspote.3.30.1999.gif
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/hotspot_archive/data/hotspote.3.30.1998.gif
and
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/data/hotspotw.3.30.1999.gif
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/hotspot_archive/data/hotspotw.3.30.1998.gif
From our SST anomalies and their archives:
http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climo.html
it would appear we are seeing some of the coolest Pacific Ocean SSTs
since the late 80s and early 90s. --- GOOD NEWS for our coral reefs
and their recovery from last year's unprecedented bleaching!!
AES